By two laws issued on 8 August 2016 and 18 November 2016, the French legislator has under-taken extensive reforms of the civil and the civil procedure law, called “Justice of the 21st cen-tury” (Justice du 21ème siècle). These laws aim at setting up the judiciary for the 21st century by making it more efficient, transparent and easily accessible. The propositions have been dis-cussed since 2014 and include several sets of measures. With the key issue of an efficient judi-cial system, justice shall be relieved by transferring several competences to other public author-ities. The judicial organization shall be simplified and more easily accessible.
For this reason, the laws “for aBy two laws issued on 8 August 2016 and 18 November 2016, the French legislator has under-taken extensive reforms of the civil and the civil procedure law, called “Justice of the 21st cen-tury” (Justice du 21ème siècle). These laws aim at setting up the judiciary for the 21st century by making it more efficient, transparent and easily accessible. The propositions have been dis-cussed since 2014 and include several sets of measures. With the key issue of an efficient judi-cial system, justice shall be relieved by transferring several competences to other public author-ities. The judicial organization shall be simplified and more easily accessible.
For this reason, the laws “for a justice of the 21st century” contain instruments for procedural simplification and facilitating access to the courts.
Finally, the independence of judiciary shall be guaranteed. By different measures, the judicial independence is being strengthened.…